酵 = 酉 + 孝

酵 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “yeast”. It is built from 酉 (a wine vessel) and 孝 (filial piety).

Keyword: yeast
Pinyin (Mandarin): jiào
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: yeast, leaven, дрожжи, левша, leaven
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 酵 fermentation

Decomposition

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酉 a wine vessel
孝 filial piety

How to find 酵 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “a wine vessel” + “filial piety”. 酵 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 酵 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.